Dead Baseball Players -- Nose Art-- Flying Squirrels

RED SOX FAN OF THE DAY:
Madison Cox
Madison is eight years old and a life-time Red Sox fan. She enjoys playing softball, the piano, arts and crafts, and dancing. She plays with her dog, Tuff, and her dolls. She spends a lot of her time raising her little brothers because her mom doesn't stay home much.

Ted Williams

Mickey Mantle

Roberto Clemente

VOO'S ALL STAR TEAM OF DEAD BASEBALL PLAYERS:
Roberto Clemente: Right Field
Mickey Mantle: Center Field
Ted Williams: Left Field
Eddy Mathews: Third Base
Phil Rizutto: Short Stop
Jackie Robinson: Second Base
Lou Gehrig: First Base
Roy Campanella: Catcher
Christy Matheson: Pitcher
Cy Young: Pitcher
Walter Johnson: Pitcher
Grover Cleveland Alexander: Pitcher
Don Drysdale: Pitcher
Warren Spahn: Pitcher
Babe Ruth: Designated Hitter

MOVIE POSTER OF THE WEEK
The Thing From Another World 1951

BLOG BONUS FEATURE
For those of you who have never been to the Grand Canyon --- here is a photo.
Now you don't have to go! It's hot, crowded and miserable.

NOSE ART
IN WWII, NOSE ART WAS POPULAR ON U.S. COMBAT PLANES
HERE ARE SOME OF VOO'S FAVORITES

Note of Interest: Voo has been in the above plane. He attended an airshow with Kristeen and Robyn around 1980 and took a tour of this plane. It is a B-17 bomber called the "Flying Fortress." Out of thousands that were built, it is one a few that still flies. It can be seen at air shows across the nation.

VOO'S FAVORITE

FIVE FAMOUS MOVIES THAT VOO HAS NEVER SEEN AND NEVER WILL SEE


Sound of Music
Mary Poppins
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
Harry Potter
Oklahoma
South Pacific

RED SOX LEGEND OF THE WEEK
Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd
He was a highly effective and eccentric pitcher for the Sox during the 1980s. He was known for his hot temper and fondness for canned beer, which he called "oil cans." His name sake lives in Ephraim, UT

MEXICAN BANDIT OF THE WEEK
Poncho Villa

STUFFED HORSE OF THE WEEK
Trigger

RODENT OF THE WEEK
The Flying Squirrel

FLY OF THE WEEK
The Adams
Great fly for high mountain lakes. When fish are rising, even a mediocre fly fisherman like Curt Wankier could catch trout using The Adams.

KNOT OF THE WEEK
The Tautline Hitch
This knot is used often when securing your horse to a tree. It is also a very popular knot used by Tom and Polly when it's " bondage night."

MEET THE FAMILY, AGAIN
I have had many requests to show more photos of my sister, Joyce. Just about all of the requests have come from my sister, Joyce. The photo above was taken of Joyce at her high school graduation.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country.
-- Steven Wright


Later dudes and dudettes,

Voo